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LONDON, June 1s.-Americansh have learned
this morning that the committee stage OF tho
Coercion bill has been passed through, and
that tho fight over the bill Is nearing Its close.
Tho remaining and undebated clauses were
passed In q spirit worthy OF Government
which, after bringing in an unconstitutional
and uncsllod-for bill Of coercion, had deprived
the Irish members Of the privileges which
enabled them to fight against 1t. The Irish
members had left the House in body to
record their protest against the course OF the
Government in suppressing debate. and Mr..
Gladstone and his followers simply filed
through tho House to vote against the
passinQ OF the sixth clause. but did not
sfterward take their seats. The Tories and
Unionists pouring in from the lobby found the
Opposition side Of the House entirely empty,
and manifested signs Of considerable satisfac-
ton and glee. They at first began packing
themselves away In their usual seats, but Col.
saunderson. the Orange soldier who was called
o liar by nearly every Irish member on re-
cent occasion, had brilliant idea. He crossed
the floor Of tho House and planted himself In
the seat Of Timothy Healy, who had called him
liar first Of all and had been expelled from
the House for it. That struck tho other Tories
Of the saunderson type as very clever no.
ton, and in an instant they were scattered all
oycr the Liberal and Irish benches.
One young Tory buck eager for distinction,
seized upon the seat which had been vacated
By Mr.. Gladstone. His triumph was short
one for whisper In his ear from an elder
Tory sent him in confusion to back
seat. Besides being piece OF imperti-
nence, II was violation OF an unwrit-
ten law OF the House, which from time
immemorial has consecrated the front row on
the left Of the Speaker to the leaders OF the
Opposition. When the Chairman began put
ting the various clauses Of the bill the House,
filed on both sides with Tories, resounded
with cheers and shouts Of laughter. Each sue
cecding clause, as 1t was passed without dis
santing voice. was followed by shouting. more
and more vociferous, until . final and unpre-
cedented uproar heralded the passing OF the
twentieth and last clause. and the end
of coercion work In committee. Among
the members who were making merry over
this fine piece of legislation there were many
who showed signs Of greater exhilaration than
the simple pleasure OF passing bills to coerce
Irishmen could account for. In the press gal
lery, where every members face and habits
are known, and where truth and impertiality
arc plentiful. it was remarked that evening
suits and red faces were much more numerous
than usual, and that the Tory victory over the
Irish minority had been vigorously celebrated
in advance The closing scene, whatever may
have inspired It, was thoroughly unpleasant
one to look upon. The crowd OF Tories lacked
even the melodramatio sort Of dignity with
which they will doubtless be surrounded when
speeches come to be made describing them ~
ruthless tyrants revealing in oppression. They
were amply q body Of unusually well-fed and
well-eroomed men. many OF them pretty drunk.
all Of them unable through education or lack
Of intelligence to judge fairly Of any question
affecting their interests and all delighted and
exulting ut their victory over the Irishmen who
had fought them so long and had kept them up
to vote through so many nights.
The laughter and cheers told Of personal
spite gratified. There was not sign any,
where. either in the cheerful, ladylike smiling
Of Balfour or In the grandmotherly beaming
Of Smith. of q conviction among the Tories that
the interests Of the nation had been served or
any other point gained than that OF strengthen
ing themselves in Office.
As regards Mr.. Smith, have news cheering
to the many who have come to dislike his
round and smooth personality through his
treatment Of the Irish. The feeling Is growing
among the Tories that a man may run news
stands and control the prosperity Of the press
without being great statesman, and that Mr..
Smith was not intended by nature to be tho
leader OF the House OF Commons. The only
unpleasant fact Is that II he Is to be retired 1t
VIII be done by making him a Peer and putting
him In the House Of Lords. Lord Smith, by
the way. would not sound poetical, though 1t
would please large family. Mr.. Smith will
probably adopt some rarer name to fasten his
title to whom tho time shall come for him to
found family.
While the Tories were enjoying their triumph
up stairs the Irishmen In the Hobbies and
smoking room were discussing plan which is
to prevent this bill becoming q law until the
last possible moment. The interests of the
party would be injured by publicly discussing
the plan now. but 1t is one which promises to
give the Tories many long debates and good
ly number OF sleepless nights In spite OF ener-
getic cloturing. The hope OF the Parnellites
now is that the bill will not be in operation as
. law before the end OF the session. which will
Do some time In the first fortnight Of August
On Thursday there was an airing Of the evic-
hon question in the Commons which was 80
cheering to Irishmen rs almost to atone
for the scene OF last night The Parnellites,
although they had so little time to spend on
the Coercion bill. concluded to devote some of
It to the question Of evicttons, and slender Mr..
Balfour was brought to his feot to explain why
the Government refused to grant an inquiry in
to the Bodyke atrocities. Mr.. Balfour WAS more
unlucky even then than usual. He made COM
plete mess Of his case. made his friends mad By
condemning landlord Col. O'Callaghan. and
was pounced upon not only by his opponents,
but BY T.W. Russell. Liberal Unionist. who de-
nounced the rackrenting at Bodyke almost as
vigorously as Mr.. Dillon. who had spoken be-
fore. Three English members, Messrs. Waddy,
Lawson. and Pease who had Witnessed the
Bodyke eWctions, simply told the House what
they had soon. and grand state Of excitement
followed. Mr.. Waddy who 70 an eminent
Queens Counsel. exhausted all the implements
OF his profession in bombarding the Ministerial